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General Discussion & Feedback => Just Chat! => Topic started by: dentstudent on 25/11/2008 13:22:25
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and I'm not talking willies - which reminds me of a joke about gay ghosts, but I digress.....
Here is a question from the MENSA puzzle site. An easy one to begin with!
Rearrange the following letters to form two seven-letter words.
E E M P R S U
What are they?
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Supreme and presume
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See? Told you it was easy. Ok next one....
On each row place two letters that can be attached to the beginning of the given word to form a longer word. When completed the added letters will give a word reading downwards.
_ _ bow
_ _ hoes
_ _ eat
_ _ ward
_ _ on
What is the word?
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will wait for someone else to have a go, but I have worked it out - begins with E ends in C
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love word games and i am bored, so this is good, wont be able to logic or maths ones
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enchiladas!! [;D]
(OK, I may have invented a few words on the way to that answer)
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will wait for someone else to have a go, but I have worked it out - begins with E ends in C
yes indeed! Will wait a little too......
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EL EC TR ON IC
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Well played, Don [;D] and KW04!
Here is the next.....
What number should replace the question mark?
9 18 11
5 15 8
12 48 ?
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EL EC TR ON IC
I knew that
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EL EC TR ON IC
I knew that
That's because you're a smart rodent. Do you know the last one? Shouldn't cause too much gnawing of pencils.....
Don has it BTW....
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41
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41
Possible. But it could also be 24 - my last 9 batting scores in cricket! [;D]
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41
Ah, yes, it could be this too! The answer from MENSA is 16.
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41
Possible. But it could also be 24 - my last 9 batting scores in cricket! [;D]
in total? Several ducks in there, then?
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If H + N = 6,
M – V = 2
and E + K = 7,
what does Z – L = ?
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41
Possible. But it could also be 24 - my last 9 batting scores in cricket! [;D]
in total? Several ducks in there, then?
No. The scores were 9, 18, 11, 5, 15, 8, 12,48, 24 (I may be stretching the truth somewhat here). But, in all honesty, here's a coincidence for you; my highest score in cricket & my highest break in snooker are the same - 68.
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DB has the correct answer! (On the second attempt [;)])
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My first attempt was wrong because I made a silly error (+ rather than -). I got the reason right, though [^]
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Yes, got it.
Took far too long, looking too deep, the answer is too simple, so easily missed.
Z - L = 1
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Am I a member yet dentstudent? I've got them all right so far.
I must be kleever
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So how many half centuries have you scored Doctor Beaver? Where you a bowler? Tail-ender maybe?
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Am I a member yet dentstudent? I've got them all right so far.
I must be kleever
as kleever as the beaver?
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I was an opening bowler. Started as a tail-ender but ended up at no 7. I'm not sure how many half centuries, but not that many. I was not the most subtle of batsmen [:D]
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41
Ah, yes, it could be this too! The answer from MENSA is 16.
My answer would have been 41 too, why is it 16?
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9 18 11
5 15 8
12 48 ?
1st line: 9 X2 +2
2nd line: 5 X3 +3
3rd line: 12 X4 +4 = 16
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I was an opening bowler. Started as a tail-ender but ended up at no 7. I'm not sure how many half centuries, but not that many. I was not the most subtle of batsmen [:D]
So you're a fast-medium swinger? (all jokes on a postcard to the usual address)
I was never a subtle batsman either - my favourite thing was for my opening ball to be hit for 6 back over the bowlers head. Consequently, I was a fast scorer, but often didn't last long. "No grace, no finesse - just readyaimfire!"
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9 x 2 = 18; 9 + 2 = 11
5 x 3 = 15; 5 + 3 = 8
4 x 12 = 48; 4 + 12 = 16
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Am I a member yet dentstudent? I've got them all right so far.
I must be kleever
as kleever as the beaver?
How kleever is a beaver?
how hy is the sky?
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I was an opening bowler. Started as a tail-ender but ended up at no 7. I'm not sure how many half centuries, but not that many. I was not the most subtle of batsmen [:D]
So you're a fast-medium swinger? (all jokes on a postcard to the usual address)
I was never a subtle batsman either - my favourite thing was for my opening ball to be hit for 6 back over the bowlers head. Consequently, I was a fast scorer, but often didn't last long. "No grace, no finesse - just readyaimfire!"
I could bowl medium swing (inswing, outswing & reverse) but normally I was a fast bowler and relied on intimidation & brutality rather than tact to get my wicktes. Did a bit of leg spin too in my later years.
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9 18 11
5 15 8
12 48 ?
1st line: 9 X2 +2
2nd line: 5 X3 +3
3rd line: 12 X4 +4 = 16
I see, i saw it as:
9 (9X2) (9X2)-7
5 (5X3) (5X3)-7
12 (12X4) (12X4)-7
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So, 41 would be correct too!
Hey! Joining Mensa must be easy!
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So, 41 would be correct too!
Hey! Joining Mensa must be easy!
yeaH, i Fink it muss b esey as pi, im sendin of sum korn flak paket tops four me entree forme twommorrow.
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mE KuDN't CAREE lES
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I resigned from MENSA years ago. It's a con. I only joined because mensa is Latin for table and there wasn't a table to be seen & I got hungry [:(!]
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A clock was correct at midnight.
From that moment it began to lose four minutes per hour.
The clock stopped two and a half hours ago showing 16.48.
The clock runs for less than 24 hours.
What is the correct time now?
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13:23 according to my PC
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Doc Beaver remember that dentstudent is about 1 hour ahead of us in
the UK and then 6 behind the States !!
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But he said nothing about location
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My clock only goes to 12.
The person obviously owned an odometer, not a clock.